All of Mr Colin McGrath’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Does the First Minister agree with me, in my role as the chair of the all-party group on youth participation, that, regardless of the number of bodies that we have, there are not enough young people represented on them? When I say "young people", I include those, like the Speaker, up to the age of around 30. They…
I support the motion and the amendment, which highlight the growing crisis in our dental service that is affecting people across the North. We have heard it from patients and practitioners and through the Assembly: accessing NHS dental care is becoming a struggle for far too many people in our communities. Let us look…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail when the online reporting form for waste management incidents will go live.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Additional Funding for North South Bodies”
Additional Funding for North South Bodies - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘agenda’ and insert: ‘regrets that the Minister of Finance has not secured more fiscal powers to invest more in public services; welcomes the willingness of the Irish Government to increase its funding allocation for the six North South…
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the comments by the PSNI Chief Constable at the meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board on 8 May that legacy remains one of the most significant barriers to achieving a representative police service and to rebuilding trust and confidence in policing.
I thank the Minister for his reply. Minister, you referenced it: do you agree that the current urgent care service could be upgraded and enhanced too? That would enable some treatments to be made a little closer to home and would ease the pressure of the overcrowding that takes place at the Ulster Hospital in…
The Minister will be aware that, generically, there is difficulty in accessing CAMHS for young people and that there is a bit of a regional imbalance. Is the Department undertaking any work to address that?
Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for his statement and that detail. I note that there were 221 suicides here in 2023 and that, in 2022, there were 436 suicides in the South. The statement referenced ongoing work on suicide prevention between the two Administrations. Will the…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of his recent visit to the Downe Hospital when he met the dedicated and hard-working staff and hailed it as becoming one of his "favourite healthcare settings", he agreed that the Downe Hospital could offer much more, making an all-important contribution to the…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail their engagement with the UK Government regarding a response to the ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’ white paper.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide an update on the reform of the allocation of fishing licences for Strangford Lough.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline (i) why Warrenpoint was not a designated bathing water site until 2025; and (ii) the process by which it was identified as a candidate.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of each occasion when the Warrenpoint Wastewater Treatment Works released effluent into Carlingford Lough, in each of the last five years.
Budgets are, in essence, moral documents, because they detail not just how much we spend but what we value and what we really want to spend our money on. Regrettably, if this Budget is the Executive's statement of values, I am afraid that the message from the Executive is loud and clear: healthcare does not matter…
My question builds on the issue of the fisheries. Another 12 years of fishing with EU fishing fleets in these waters will give them another 12 years of advantage in getting staff, because they can get staff from across Europe and beyond, which is something that we are inhibited from doing. Minister, did that form any…
Whilst the Minister is practically a youngster, most of us are getting older and progressing in years, and we know that there will be an increasing number of older people in our communities. Does the Minister agree that some form of formal, official older people's service — akin to what we have with the Youth Service…
Minister, if you are willing to go to war with our GPs and impose the settlement on them without their approval, has your Department assessed the impact of doing so? Will you take responsibility for the collateral damage that will undoubtedly follow?
Minister, today's statement is not just about a failure of negotiation; it reads like the Executive are declaring war on our already overburdened GP sector. In any trade union negotiations, if you publicly detail the content of those negotiations and then impose a settlement that has already been rejected, it follows…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland”
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1 Leave out all after 'legal migration to the UK;’ and insert: ‘acknowledges that immigration can deliver many benefits including contributing to economic growth and addressing skills shortages; regrets the continued divisive rhetoric around…